On Sat, 21 May 2011, Dos-Man 64 wrote:
That's obviously a good thing, but if the virus protection is free,
then that's a good reason to use it ;)
It doesn't make sense to use a piece of software that scans for Windows viruses
on a linux machine if there's no connection to a Windows box -- even if it's
free.
3) People will install rootkits that tripwires and intrusion detection kits
won't see. You need to install a root kit detector (and you need to configure
it as soon as you do a clean installation).
Fortunately, no one else is using this computer other than myself.
The other people I'm talking about are not other "legal" users (though they can
be a problem, too). I'm talking about people who hack in.
That could turn out to be a problem for me. When I upgraded from
ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 my wireless usb wifi thingy stopped working. I
had to go back to 9.04.
I've ordered version 11 from osdisc.com. I'll see what happens when
it arrives in a week or so.
Yeah, hardware support is sometimes an issue. But even if you don't
want to upgrade, you can still periodically reinstall your existing
distro.
billo
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